Chapter 95

The succubus spread her wings, her features distorting into something truly horrific before launching herself up and out of sight. The gunfire itself sounded like popping corn, and the first scream of agony was more like a sigh.

“This way!” Cyrus grabbed her by the arm and led her to a nearby door. It was locked, but he muttered something under his breath and the door popped open, revealing a service stairwell.

“We can’t just leave her,” Dana told him.

“Yes, we can. She’ll survive, one way or another, but you and I will not. They’ll kill me and keep you to figure out why you won’t die. It only gets worse from there.” They came to the bottom of the stairs, and Cyrus now led them down a long hallway. “We mapped this out before we got here, I know a safe—”

The stairwell door opened behind them, and two men with guns appeared and opened fire. Dana took one in the chest and let out an oomph of surprise, and Cyrus ducked into a nearby door. He leaned around the cor